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Goodbye! Texas to get rid of inspection stickers
Associated Press ^ | 06/24/2014 | Kevin Schwaller/Associated Press

Posted on 06/25/2014 7:24:32 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

AUSTIN (AP/KXAN) — Come next March, Texas drivers will no longer be required to have an inspection sticker on their windshield.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is getting rid of inspection stickers. You still have to get an inspection, but that inspection will become tied with your registration.

Think of it as a marriage of your registration and your inspection stickers — with that marriage you’ll get one sticker and one anniversary. You won’t have to keep track of two dates.

Starting in March, the inspection stickers stop. You’ll have to get an inspection no more than 90 days before your registration expires — in order to register.

(Excerpt) Read more at kxan.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: carinspections; stickers; texas
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Currently on my windshield:

1. Inspection sticker
2. Registration sticker
3. Oil change reminder sticker
4. TX Tag pass
5. Rock Chip
6. GPS
7. Rear view mirror of course
8. Cell phone holder
9. 2 dead bugs from trip to Junction
10. etc. etc.

1 posted on 06/25/2014 7:24:32 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

11. Hunt club ID


2 posted on 06/25/2014 7:26:19 AM PDT by Bearshouse
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To: Responsibility2nd

Goodbye 13 month inspection sticker.

My next one will only be good for seven months.


3 posted on 06/25/2014 7:27:46 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Responsibility2nd
Do you drive with your head out the window so you can see forward?

/johnny

4 posted on 06/25/2014 7:28:06 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Responsibility2nd

12. Rain Sensor
13. Wiper deicer


5 posted on 06/25/2014 7:28:58 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Responsibility2nd

14. Skeleton of pedestrian I ran over several years ago.


6 posted on 06/25/2014 7:31:54 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Is this a safety inspection or an emission test? Seven counties in Colorado require an IM 240 emission test. EPA mandate BS.

Safety inspections are stupid. Emission tests more so.

7 posted on 06/25/2014 7:32:32 AM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals (I hope to earn a name in battle)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Just curious what was in Junction - Hunting?


8 posted on 06/25/2014 7:33:02 AM PDT by mabarker1 (Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!! Once again dingy hairball, STFU!!! You corrupt POS!!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

So glad Florida doesn’t require yearly inspections. Maybe I should have kept quiet and not jinxed myself. I hated having to get it inspected in NJ where they would always fail you for exhaust emissions which seemed like a racket just for the state to make extra $$$$$. Plus waiting at the DMV was insane!


9 posted on 06/25/2014 7:34:37 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yay!

When I lived in TX, that inspection sticker was the biggest rip off. The inspectors were independent operators and the fee was set by the state. Since the fee didn’t cover the trouple the inspector took to perform the inspection, there were always add ons that easily raised the price to more than $100 in 1970s dollars.

The other catch was that the inspection had to be performed before the end of the month that it was due. You could never get an appointment after the 20th.


10 posted on 06/25/2014 7:34:40 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Responsibility2nd

No mirror?:)


11 posted on 06/25/2014 7:38:21 AM PDT by wetphoenix
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To: SpeakerToAnimals
Is this a safety inspection or an emission test?

The safety inspection is statewide. As I recall the emissions test is only required in certain counties.

12 posted on 06/25/2014 7:38:25 AM PDT by ken in texas
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To: JRandomFreeper

Pretty much. I forgot I have a parking pass for my office parking lot.


13 posted on 06/25/2014 7:38:39 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: SpeakerToAnimals

Many counties in Texas require an emmissions test. Cities like Houston, Dallas, even Austin.

So far San Antonio (me lives here) does not require emmissions.


14 posted on 06/25/2014 7:40:14 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

My goal is to never live in a place that requires inspections.


15 posted on 06/25/2014 7:40:19 AM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: mabarker1

Camping out. South Llano River State Park.

Excellent park.


16 posted on 06/25/2014 7:41:03 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The thousands of Kansas residents who tag their vehicles in Texas to evade Kansas personal property tax will be glad to here that. It will make it easier for them.


17 posted on 06/25/2014 7:42:25 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Anything is possible, if you don't know what you're talking about.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Jeeze! That hasn’t been true for decades. Back in the 1980’s the DPS started fining the living crap out of shops that were adding on unnecessary repairs (twenty dollars for adjusting headlights, etc). And since the advent of little quick oil change shops there is never much of a wait to get an inspection done. There is however a tailpipe emissions test if you live in certain counties, so if you have an old car you may be in for a bad day on that account.


18 posted on 06/25/2014 7:42:33 AM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: TexasGator
My next one will only be good for seven months.

Based on the article, I think your current one is good for 19 months (12+7). I think the days of getting inspected in the grace period in the next month after the expiry date are over, though.

19 posted on 06/25/2014 7:43:16 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: TexasGator

Guess you could just buy a new car and then you would have one that was good for two years. /s/

Texas is reportedly going to save several million dollars in printing costs alone. I’m sure they’re going to allocate this money to resources necessary to close the border since the cost for the inspection and license renewal will remain unchanged. /s/

What is really aggravating is to see a car which has a current inspection sticker but a severely cracked windshield, broken taillights and expired license renewal sticker.


20 posted on 06/25/2014 7:44:13 AM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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